The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-15
TRADE MARKS or CIVILIZATION.
4 Few ef the Horrible ExaApiss q
I AissEy Gathered ~ ''Ths
4 HnQuirsr." A

AAoANI - O0Cs AVs Au HuuuAl I0pOIl
Of the state board Of charities shows q
slight Increase in the pauper and re.
formatorv classe-, and large increase
in tie number Of insane. the various
ssylums Of the state having 1858 in
sane persons in their, care on October l.
1885. Is against l2.7O7 on October l, 1885
or an increase of 1925 during the year
The asylums for the insane are gener
ally crowded, aud there is urgent need
for further accommodations.
LONDON. Dec. 5. Two convia cinl
illustrations ofthe depth of London'f
misery were witnessed bv me this week.
One was at Billinesgate, where gratuit-
GUS distribution Of food was being made.
The distributors were wisely intrench cd
behind iron bars. Bra vnv men strug
alsd and fought against the bars for sod
den pudding and muddy soup until they
we're torn and bleeding, while women
and children. who were unable to get
near, sat on the curbstone aud cried
Another was at a dinner
given bv the St. Giles Christian mission,
whereat the criminal classes were In
vited to come and satisfy their hunger.
AT the door scores Of honest men who
had never seen the inside of a prison
accused themselves of crimes of all sorts
in order to gain admission. only to be
elected bv the attendants. who we're not
slow to discover that the story of fraud
was told by hungry, honest faces and
horny hands. Gable dispatch to New
York Sun.
Some unemployed men we're charged
at West Ham police court the other dey
with begging. What on earth are the
unemployed men to do? Thew cant
get work, and they must not beg or steal.
Their numbers increase rapidly, and
tn ev are not likely much longer to be
content to stink away and die quietly In
the slums. Who can doubt that at some
not distant dav they wills"arise in un
vanquishable NUMBER" and claim their
places at natures table, now denied
them by the rapacious classes who rob
and rule" us 7-Commonwea!.
On Thanksgiving day girl poisoned
herself for fear of being starved TO death
in New York City. In a fve-storied
house in East Houston street, in a small
room just under the roof, Jennie Heine
feared that she would not be ab to sup.
port her mother. invalid sister aud boy
brothers. Sh. was lace maker, but
her hands became swollen anil clumsy
from overwork. 80 that the loss put her
on cheaper and coarser work. This re
duced her income to such an extent that
she despairej.
A cave full of tranps was found in
Watson's woods. Westchester county
yesterday afternoon. Constables Shra-
der and Bradley made raid on them
and captured three. The rest got away.
~ New York Daily Leader.
James Brady. Of Chicago, shot him ell
dead at Fort Wayn. on Sunday. He
could not get work and was 'despondent.
"A lady offered an. apron for sale at
the recent suffrage bazaar at Music hall,
FIR % cents. to hollow checked. sad
eyed woman, and was answered "On
lady, make such for 25 cents dozen
and when theie is no lace on them, IL
cents dozen" We have in Boston
to .dav thousands of women and girlt
doing good work for insufficient wages
Boston Traveller.
In Barclay street this morning g
woman was found unconscious from
hunger and exposnre.-New York
World, December %.
II While worshippers were going in and
out OF St. James Catholic church. il
James street, about IL o'clock yesterday
morning. an old woman sat down to rest
on the wooden steps which lead to the
area on the west side Of the church. II
was bitterly cold. She wore thin
black dress and black shawl. and OF
her feet were slippers in place 81 shoes
She laid bundle down beside her and
leaned her face ID her hands. A fev
moments later she fell over TO one side
The sexton helped to carry her into the
basement, and DR.. Ksefe WAS called in
She was dead. Her hair was quite whit
and her vrinklad face showed that sh,